393, Lot: 852. Estimate $200. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Terracotta cylinder seal impresssion. Mesopotamia, Old Babylonian Period, circa 1925-1595 BC. Bulla in clay formed around rope (no longer remaining) with impression of a cylinder seal with a presentation scene depicting seated official and two supplicants with hands raised; inscription in seven lines to far right. Dimensions: 64x38mm. Well-preserved.

From the Carl Devries Collection.